Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is on the West Coast of Africa and counts 402km of coastline. The Republic of Guinea is to the north and northeast; Liberia is to the east and southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean on the west and south. From an approximate 100km coastal belt of low-lying land, the country rises to a mountain plateau near the eastern frontier rising 1200m to 2000m with a rich timber forest region.
The peninsula, on which the capital and main commercial centre of Freetown stands, is 40km long and 17km wide with a mountainous interior. Be aware that the international airport is quite far of the city by road, but reachable by boat but it's not very convenient.
Banana Islands is a prime tourist spot near Freetown with the idyllic environment of pristine tropical islands.
BEST TIME to VISIT SIERRA LEONE
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to FREETOWN
from December to March
Bustling street and shops
street view - men on motorbike
sandy beach
sandy beach
seashore
seashore with a lighthouse
bumpy road to lighthouse
shops on the beach
street view and shops
red building
street view and a motorbike
street view and shops
sandy beach
Atlantic ocean coastline
sandy beach
sandy beach and Atlantic Ocean
sandy beach
sandy beach
driving to the center
Pretty girl
tuk-tuk
street view with a large house
seashore with a house roof
street view - shops
street view - shops
street view - shops
street view - shops
street view - shops
street view
man on a motorcycle
Entrance of a large house
blue mosque
young woman selling fruits
relax at the beach
beach
shop on the beach
street view - shops
women selling food under a tree
motorbikes taxis
Northern area - Timbers will be transported on a fortune raft made of wood and plastic tins to float to cross the river
Northern area - children
Northern area - women transporting wood
Northern area - man and a cow
Northern area - woman washing clothes in the river
Northern area - crossing the river
Northern area - crossing the river
Northern area - a motorbike is loaded on a canoe to cross the river
Northern area - the ferry is often broken and cars can't cross the river - and there is no engine, only men pulling the cable
Northern area - crossing with an overloaded canoe
Northern area - there is a lot of activity on the river with many boats crossing
Northern area - a motorbike is getting out of the canoe under the control of its baby captain
Northern area - families in a village
Northern area - children in a village
Northern area - families in a village
Northern area - house and a family
Northern area - crossing a village
Northern area - woman transporting a basket along the road
Northern area - house and motorbikes
Northern area - shop
men and motorbikes
Northern area - It's not what we were told
Northern area - women with colorful clothes
Northern area - crossing a town
Northern area - bad road and too fast was deadly for this truck
Northern area - modern house
Northern area - woman and baby in front of their house
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - young girl holding her brother
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - Pretty girl
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - young boys
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - young boy
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - women transporting bananas to the market
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - women with a basket on her head
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - Mother and baby
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - Woman with a basket on her head
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - Girl
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - woman
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - woman
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - mother with a baby
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - overloaded taxi with a mattress, a lot of bags and a passenger on the roof
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - woman selling clothes
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - women at the market
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - Pharmacy
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - May be a future soccer champion
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - woman at the market
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - Hairdresser in the street
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - woman selling bananas
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - woman heading to the market
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - woman
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - young man
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - women
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - Boy
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - Girl transporting food
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - Girl selling bananas
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - young man transporting wood
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - young boy transporting wood
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - woman
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - young woman
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - Lady in blue
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - woman
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - woman selling bananas
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - woman selling fresh fish
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - Elegant lady on a motorbike
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - young girl at the market
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - women at the market
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - women and a girl at the market
Between Makeni and Kamakwie - woman selling bananas
Northern area - Washing clothes at the river
Northern area - shops
Northern area - women
Northern area - houses in a village
Northern area - unpaved road
Northern area - making bricks to make houses
Northern area - Hut used for cooking
Northern area - family
unpaved road
Northern area - couple transporting wood
Northern Sierra Leone - Outamba-Kilimbi National Park - Cruise on the river
Northern Sierra Leone - Outamba-Kilimbi National Park - Cruise on the river
Northern Sierra Leone - Outamba-Kilimbi National Park - Hippopotamus
Northern Sierra Leone - Outamba-Kilimbi National Park - red dragonfly
Northern Sierra Leone - Outamba-Kilimbi National Park - Cruise on the river
Northern Sierra Leone - Outamba-Kilimbi National Park - Hippopotamuses
Northern Sierra Leone - Outamba-Kilimbi National Park - Cruise on the river
Northern Sierra Leone - Outamba-Kilimbi National Park - Cruise on the river
Northern Sierra Leone - to reach Outamba-Kilimbi National Park, you need to cross this river. So 2 options, the ferry is working and you can drive your 4WD to the Park entrance. Or the ferry is broken and you cross with a small boat and you reach the Park on a motorbike (we did and the ride is very impressive on a bumpy road)
Northern Sierra Leone - Heading to Outamba-Kilimbi National Park - Crossing the river
Northern Sierra Leone - Outamba-Kilimbi National Park - Cruise on the river
Northern Sierra Leone - Outamba-Kilimbi National Park - Hippopotamus
Northern Sierra Leone - Outamba-Kilimbi National Park - Cruise on the river - pink flowers
Northern Sierra Leone - Outamba-Kilimbi National Park - Cruise on the river
Northern Sierra Leone - Outamba-Kilimbi National Park - Butterfly
Northern Sierra Leone - Outamba-Kilimbi National Park - large birds on a tree
Northern Sierra Leone - Outamba-Kilimbi National Park - Cruise on the river - Grey dragonfly on our boat
Northern Sierra Leone - Outamba-Kilimbi National Park - Bird
Northern Sierra Leone - Outamba-Kilimbi National Park - Cruise on the river - bird
Northern area - young boys in the river
Northern area - Private canoe for this young man and his motorbike - Captain is very young
Northern area - Ferry to access the Outamba-Kilimbi National Park
Northern area - Canoe to access the Outamba-Kilimbi National Park
Northern area - typical houses and goats
Northern area - a young boy is getting water from the well
Northern area - market
Northern area - women transporting wood on their head
Northern area - crossing a village
Northern area - a shop to repair your motorbike
Northern area - house in a village
Northern area - unpaved sandy road so a 4WD is mandatory
Northern area - women
Northern area - crossing a village
be careful on roads - everything is possible as rules aren't respected
Lush landscape
blue tuktuk
Southern Area - Mosque in a town
women
probably a flat tyre - very common in Africa
women transporting wood
motorbike are used for the family, but also as taxi
Motorbike with the driver and a woman with a baby
shop
Bustling market
overloaded minibus with passengers on the roof on the bags
shop
overloaded minibus with passengers on the roof on the bags
Bustling market
family on a motorbike
motorbike
woman with a boy - Mosque
women walking along the road with goods on their head
Motorbike with passengers
children washing laundry in the river
young boy in a canoe
"God blessed the owner" is written on this car
women
motorbike
Mosque in a town
a lot of activitya around the bus to sell goods to travelers
church in a town
young boy bringing wood to its house in the forest
motorbike
typical houses in a village
typical houses and huts in a village
Tiwai Sanctuary was a pure tourist trap without any interest and nothing to see, except trees
typical houses in a village
typical houses in a village
house in a village
house in a village
narrow unpaved road
house in a village
rice field
very green landscape
houses in a village
Bustling market
Bustling market
Bustling market
house and a shop
Bustling market
Bustling market
market
market
market
modern building in a town
bustling market
bustling market
bustling market
bustling market
bustling market
bustling market and motorbikes
women at the market
taxi motorbike
overloaded motorbike with 2 passengers and goods
overloaded taxi with parcels on the roof
selling wood for cooking
motorbike with 3 persons
women
bustling market
bustling market
bustling market
car with a passenger on the roof
overloaded car with a passenger on the roof
overloaded taxi
house and family
mosque
house and children
children at the well
house
this car is moving with one guy rearranging the parcels on the roof
women at the market
woman selling clothes
woman at the market
Gas station - in 2010, the biggest banknote was 10000 leones, so 1 USD and you need a lot of banknotes in your pocket to pay basic expenses
pretty girl
barbing shop
a man is pulling a carriage transporting wood, helped by 3 others at the back
This man and 2 women are pushing the carriage loaded with wood
Flat tyre is often and unfortunately part of the trip
market
market
woman at the market
woman and child
Dublin island - large cotton tree
Dublin island - young girl
map of the Bananas island
map of Dublin island
Dublin island - girl
woman transporting wood on her head
the car is moving and this young man is rearranging the load on the roof - very dangerous behavior
a minibus on unpaved road with a passenger on the roof
even small boys are helping their parents
this overloaded car seems to have mechanical problems
market
this young woman is stacking rice with a pestle
young child
women
overloaded taxi with many passengers on the roof and stanbding at the back
young woman
young boy
young girl
woman
small girl washing laundry
woman with vegetables on her head
women at the market
market
women at the market
women at the market
young woman and baby
this young woman is stacking rice with a pestle
overloaded taxi
Lush vegetation and a trail
too fast, mais be a tired driver, and it's the accident for this large truck
woman and baby transporting wood
men transporting wood and sheeps
fishing harbour and fishermen boats
approaching the islands by boat
Mainland - view from the ocean
colorful fishermen boat
colorful fishermen boat
approaching Dublin island
Dublin island - landing on a sandy beach